Ofuda（御神札）available at Ise Grand Shrine is called Jingu-taima（神宮大麻）.Taima originally relates to hemp used as a drug. It has been said in Japan since ancient times that it is easy for holy spirits to stay at fibers of hemp.

available 入手可能な

originally 本来は

relate 関係する

hemp 大麻草

drug 麻薬

ancient times 古代

holy spirit 神霊

fiber 繊維

According to my spiritual reading, Shinto priests used to perform Shinto rituals summoning natural spirits to a Yorishiro（寄り代） made from fibers of hemp in ancient Shinto. Hemp is essential to Shinto rituals.

according to A Aによると

priest 神官

used to~ 〜したものだった

perform 執り行う

ritual 儀式

summon 呼び寄せる

essential 必要不可欠な

Interestingly, what GHQ of the U.S. occupation army did in the first place after the World War Ⅱ was to ban the cultivation and use of hemp. They also ban religious use of hemp, of course. The reason for the ban was that hemp can be a drug harmful to a human body.

interestingly 興味深いことに

occupation army 占領軍

in the first place まず第一に

the World War Ⅱ 第二次世界大戦

ban 禁止する

cultivation 栽培

religious 宗教的な

of course もちろん

reason 理由

harmful 有害な

But this is strange. Drugs like Philopon, methamphetamine, had been manufactured and sold for many years,approved by GHQ and many Japanese became addicted and disabled. They spread the artificial drug Philopon, while banning natural hemp severely.

strange 奇妙な

manufacture 製造する

sell 売る

approve 認可する

addicted 中毒の

disabled 廃人の

spread 広める

artificial 人工の

while ~ing 〜する一方で

severely 厳しく

Under its influence, Shinto in Japan gave up using hemp and substituted cotton or paper for hemp, and has been using them for ritual articles for purification to this day. Only the name Taima has existed in the name of the ritual article, Jingu-taima. Spiritually speaking, it is much more difficult for spirits to stay at fibers of paper than those of hemp.

influence 影響

give up ~ing 〜することを諦める

substitute 代用する

cotton 綿

ritual article 神具

purification お祓い

to this day 今日まで

exist 存在する

difficult 難しい

What on earth was the U.S. afraid of ? They seem to have known the cause of extraordinary spiritual strength of the Japanese. I feel that the U.S. was afraid of the unknown strong spiritual energy caused by religious services with the use of hemp and wanted to seal it up. Behind a war, there seems to be a big spiritual battle, too.